Monthly Archives: April 2019
Legal battle looms as Lega Serie A rejects IMG’s damages claim
Written on April 30, 2019 at 14:05, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Sky revenues drop below US$5bn despite sports advertising growth
Written on April 30, 2019 at 13:22, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
L’Equipe goes modular with Calrec audio consoles
Written on April 30, 2019 at 10:05, by Will Strauss
French sports channel L’Equipe has installed two new audio consoles from Calrec and is using them for live mixing and commentary across cycling, biathlons, rallying, judo, and the Pétanque Championships. […] More
NAB 2019 Reflections: Vizrt’s Stephan Würmlin Stadler on the new global sports division
Written on April 29, 2019 at 20:28, by Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director
When Vizrt’s NAB booth opened for action it marked a new era for the company following its acquisition of Newtek on April 1. But Vizrt had another announcement that day as well as Dr. Stephan Würmlin Stadler was named president of Vizrt’s Global Sports unit. “Things worked well previously but the potential in sports for […] More
NAB 2019 Reflections: Endeavor Streaming’s Phil Green on how the new company Is continuing to shape its identity
Written on April 29, 2019 at 19:34, by Brandon Costa, Director of Digital
It’s been only just over a year since Endeavor acquired the streaming technology outfit NeuLion for $250 million, and it’s only been three months (January of this year), that the result of that purchase – the launch of Endeavor Streaming – became official. So, needless to say, the industry is still getting a feel for […] More
ARRI, ProSiebenSat.1 and NEP achieve series of firsts with cinema-quality live production
Written on April 29, 2019 at 17:52, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
In a unique collaboration between ProSiebenSat.1, ARRI, and NEP Germany, a live UHD sports production has been broadcast on German television for the first time ever with ARRI cameras. With […] More
Racecourse Media Group generates £110m for 37 British racecourses in 2018
Written on April 29, 2019 at 17:17, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) will pay 37 racecourses nearly £110 million, generated from their media and data rights in 2018 – an 18% increase on 2017. Payments of £109.7m were […] More
Guinness PRO14 fuels record rate of subscribers for Premier Sports
Written on April 29, 2019 at 17:06, by Fergal Ringrose, Editorial Director, Europe
PRO14 Rugby and Premier Sports have announced that the first season of their partnership has been successful with subscriber figures ahead of projected targets. As the Guinness PRO14 enters into […] More
Multichoice prepares for the future with IP platform from Imagine Communications
Written on April 29, 2019 at 16:52, by SVG Staff
MultiChoice, the largest satellite broadcaster in Africa, is responding to rapidly growing customer demand for superior content by building a new playout centre. The new facility is the first stage […] More
TechTV partners with Globecast to launch TechStorm channel
Written on April 29, 2019 at 16:44, by SVG Staff
Media services provider Globecast worked with TechTV for the launch of HD channel TechStorm, a new digital lifestyle channel all about the coolest innovative inventions and stories of entrepreneurs who […] More